Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1888

See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1887.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1887
1	John	9,247	0
2	William	8,705	0
3	James	5,562	0
4	George	4,912	0
5	Charles	4,591	0
6	Frank	3,459	0
7	Joseph	2,993	0
8	Robert	2,814	+2
9	Harry	2,759	+3
10	Henry	2,596	-2
11	Edward	2,470	-1
12	Thomas	2,449	-3
13	Walter	2,040	0
14	Arthur	1,710	0
15	Fred	1,665	0
16	Albert	1,569	0
17	Clarence	1,022	0
18	Samuel	931	0
19	Louis	884	0
20	Roy	856	0
21	David	801	+1
22	Charlie	796	+2
23	Joe	789	-2
24	Willie	786	+3
25	Benjamin	781	+9
26	Richard	772	-1
27	Ernest	766	-4
28	Will	707	+2
29	Carl	675	-1
29	Earl	675	+3
31	Oscar	647	-2
32	Jesse	637	-6
33	Andrew	615	0
34	Sam	607	+4
35	Daniel	566	-4
36	Ralph	547	+2
37	Alfred	536	-2
38	Paul	529	+2
39	Elmer	527	-3
40	Howard	513	+2
41	Peter	498	+2
42	Frederick	496	-5
43	Herbert	485	-2
44	Grover	474	+15
45	Raymond	469	+2
46	Michael	466	+2
47	Ben	463	+11
48	Lee	430	-4
49	Tom	416	+3
50	Lewis	412	-1
51	Herman	403	-6
52	Harrison	400	+77
53	Eugene	398	0
54	Martin	378	-3
55	Claude	374	-9
56	Jim	362	-6
57	Francis	353	-4
57	Jacob	353	-1
57	Leo	353	+16
60	Clyde	344	-5
61	Lawrence	343	-1
62	Harvey	334	+3
63	Ray	331	+3
64	Jack	329	+4
65	Edgar	321	-1
66	Otto	312	+1
67	Floyd	302	+6
68	Ed	301	-6
69	Edwin	298	-12
69	Harold	298	-8
71	Guy	297	0
72	Chester	288	+6
73	Bert	282	-1
74	Luther	275	-11
75	Allen	260	+6
76	Homer	256	-6
77	Charley	254	-2
77	Jessie	254	+9
79	Hugh	253	-10
80	Theodore	249	+2
81	Patrick	245	-5
82	Alexander	237	+5
83	Leonard	225	-5
84	Ira	222	-7
85	Isaac	221	-2
86	August	213	-3
87	Bernard	207	+10
88	Oliver	206	-8
89	Julius	197	+4
90	Leon	196	+9
90	Philip	196	+5
92	Clifford	194	-1
93	Anthony	193	+5
93	Eddie	193	+13
95	Leroy	192	-7
96	Archie	191	-11
97	Lester	189	-8
98	Stephen	187	-7
99	Leslie	175	-9
99	Lloyd	175	+9